On this blog, I -- John Lofland, jlofland@dcn.org -- report on social life and organization in the Old North area of Davis, California sub specie aeternitatis.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The Mystery Trailer Parked at 6th & E (159)

For at least a month now a rusty, white trailer has been
parked at the curb near the northwest corner of 6th and E streets.

Large chalk marks on one of the tires reading “8-12-12” with
an arrow pointing to the ground might mean that someone called the parking police,
who marked it for illegal parking.

But, the way the arrow does not quite point
down suggests the trailer may have been moved slightly and therefore never
cited (even though the law specifically disallows such slight moving as a way
to escape a ticket).

In any event, how this object came to be there so long and
continues to be there without moving despite police response is rather a
mystery.

Does anyone have information that might help
provide a solution to this mystery? For example: